Eleven good spirited UUSS members and friends didn’t hesitate to put a little love in the American River Parkway on Saturday, August 14. As a result, about 500 lbs. of trash was removed from the UU mile and our adopted part of the world became a better place! Out there to lend a helping hand were (from
Hi, Folks, For 70 consecutive days since the Covid-19 sequestration began for us on March 19, I’ve had the pleasure of sharing with you an image and a few thoughts from the American River Parkway. “Finding Light” conveyed the purpose that I hoped to discover with you each day, in some way, as together
Hi, Folks, You can imagine the disappointment of this juvenile river otter when it realized that it hadn’t met its hero, Flipper. It was only a big chunk of driftwood in the American River that seemed to be so dolphin-like! Rest assured that the young otter’s disappointment was brief, and that its playful nature swiftly
Hi, Folks, Here’s a familiar sight for those of you who’ve helped in the past to clean up UUSS’s adopted mile of the Parkway. This peaceful scene is looking upstream from our mile toward the H Street bridge. I recently confirmed that, because of Covid-19 restrictions, we’re still not authorized by the Parkway Foundation to
Hi, Folks, The restaurants are opening! Are you tempted to take off and go out to dinner with all your friends? I sure am. Uh…, but maybe not quite so fast and certainly not yet with the lack of social distancing of these (California? Herring?) gulls on the Parkway. Mahatma Ghandi said, “To lose patience
Hi, Folks, Here’s our buddy, the beaver, chowing down. On the Parkway, one of the beaver’s favorite foods, the inner bark of a willow branch, is possibly what’s being savored. I don’t know about you, but I’m really looking forward to going out for dinner again, though I wouldn’t be competing with the beaver for
Hi, Folks, I drifted in my kayak toward this flock of highly opinionated Double-crested Cormorants. They seemed willing to share their views, so I asked, “Do you think hydroxychloroquine should be taken for Covid-19? If so, look right!”; and, “If you think hydroxychloroquine should NOT be taken for Covid-19, look LEFT!” Then I asked the
